Movies with a sudden plot twist

List of the best films about Films with a sudden plot twist according to viewers: The Voyeurs, Shutter Island, Bloodshot, Arrival, The Departed, Fight Club, The Uninvited, The Truman Show, Hypnotic, Jolt.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

A young couple, find themselves becoming interested in the sex life of their neighbors across the street. What starts as an innocent curiosity turns into an unhealthy obsession.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:18

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, action
CountryUSA, China

After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine—'Bloodshot'. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, India
Duration02:32

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Hong Kong
Duration02:31

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:11

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, Germany
Duration01:27

Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
CountryUSA

A detective investigates a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, comedy
CountryUSA

Lindy is an acid-tongued woman with rage issues who controls her temper by shocking herself with an electrode vest. One day she makes a connection with Justin, who gives her a glimmer of hope for a shock-free future, but when he’s murdered she launches herself on a revenge-fueled rampage in pursuit of his killer.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA

A woman enrolls in a clinical trial to try and fix her seemingly broken biological clock after friends, family, and society pressures her to have children.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada

Set in San Tiburon, the world's most dangerous maximum-security penitentiary and home to the world's most treacherous superpowered criminals, where tensions among the inmates and staff heighten, leading to anarchy that engulfs the prison and order is turned upside down.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to identify who among them is the kidnapper.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUnited Arab Emirates, USA, Romania

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, Germany, France
Duration02:03

A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

The newly married Elizabeth arrives with her new husband, the scientist Henry, at a magnificent house. He tells her that she can do there anything she pleases, except to enter a certain closed room.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

    Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:29

      With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:05

        A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountrySpain, USA, France, Italy
        Duration01:44

        Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrehorror, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountrySpain, France, United Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:37

        The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...

        Duration01:53

          After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrehorror
          CountryAustralia

          When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

          As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:42

          A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountrySpain, Mexico
          Duration01:45

            A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:48

              A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.

              Markimdb: 8.6
              Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:07

              Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:24

              While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:05

              After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:41

                A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:03

                Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

                Markimdb: 5.1
                Genrethriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:14

                A nurse living in small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.

                Markimdb: 8.4
                Genredrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:02

                Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrehorror, thriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:23

                A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
                CountryFrance, United Kingdom
                Duration02:11

                A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

                Markimdb: 5.1
                Genrehorror, thriller, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:38

                A university student and some classmates are recruited to carry out a private experiment -- to create a poltergeist. Their subject: an alluring, but dangerously disturbed young woman. Their quest: to explore the dark energy that her damaged psyche might manifest. As the experiment unravels along with their sanity, the rogue PHD students, led by their determined professor, are soon confronted with a terrifying reality: they have triggered an unspeakable force with a power beyond all explanation.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genrethriller, crime, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom

                A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.




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